This episode is rated mature.Horror and uncanny stories are fundamental elements of Japanese storytelling.We’ll start with a note about genre in general and “horror” in particular.We’ll continue with a discussion of horror in traditional Japanese storytelling, especially the kaid ...Show more
Japanese Women Writers
This episode is rated mature.For decades, writing by women was treated as its own separate genre in Japan, joryu bungaku. In today's episode, we’ll start with an explanation of why joryu bungaku became its own separate genre. We’ll move on to the story of women’s writing between ...Show more
Second part of the What is Translation podcast series. In this part, the question of whether there can be a faithful translation; does the act of translating a text change the meaning of the original is discussed.
This episode is the second part Arabic translation of Keire's conversation with Janira Taibo, which we published in English previously. To sign up for classes and for transcripts and translations, go to our website https://realarabic.weebly.com Please consider supporting this pod ...Show more
On this special International Episode, Anton Hur joins us to discuss his forthcoming translation of Violets by Man Asian Prize-winning novelist Kyung-Sook Shin (April 12). Then our editors join with their international reading recommendations for early 2022, with books by Sang-Ke ...Show more